Many risks of catastrophic failures of critical infrastructures can be significantly reduced by relatively simple measures to increase resiliency.
Peter J. Denning, David BrinFrom Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2019

As U.S. officials have pressured allies not to use networking gear from Chinese technology giant Huawei over spying concerns, President Trump has urged American...The Washington PostFrom ACM Opinion | April 10, 2019

In the wake of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes, people are thinking about how much of their air travel is handled by software...The ConversationFrom ACM Opinion | April 1, 2019

A report on Thursday from a British government oversight group found that Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has basic but deeply problematic flaws in its product...WiredFrom ACM Opinion | March 29, 2019

Considering the possible implications for free trade, traditionally based on non-digital goods, for a modern global economy that is increasingly based on intangible...Mari SakoFrom Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2019

A proposal for building an index of the Web that separates the infrastructure part of the search engine—the index—from the services part that will form the basis...Dirk LewandowskiFrom Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2019

Considering the implications of the "link tax" provision of the proposed EU Directive for the Digital Single Market for traditional press publishers.
Pamela SamuelsonFrom Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2019

The average person would have to spend 76 working days reading all of the digital privacy policies they agree to in the span of a year. Reading Amazon's terms and...The New York TimesFrom ACM Opinion | February 7, 2019

Considering the expression "computational thinking" as an entry point to understand why the fundamental contribution of computing to science is the shift from solving...Enrico NardelliFrom Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2019